Through The RISE Tour, she transformed personal resilience into a growing national platform for recognition, access and opportunity. Women of Momentum 2026 Honoree | By Christopher D. Thomas | Publisher, inCity Magazine Between February 3 and October 10, 2026, Dr. Shavonna Herron-Johnson led eight completed editions of The RISE Tour across the United States. The...
Across the World Bank, Carlyle and RockCreek, Afsaneh Beschloss has spent decades turning investment leadership into institutional capacity. Her work has expanded where capital can go, whom it can reach and what it can help build. In 2026, RockCreek’s strategic partnership with Brown Advisory opened the next chapter of that legacy. WOMEN OF MOMENTUM 2026...
How a Charlotte council member brought resident concerns back into one of the region’s most consequential transportation decisions and remained accountable as the political stakes changed Women of Momentum 2026 Honoree | By Christopher D. Thomas | Publisher, inCity Magazine On May 11, 2026, Reneé Perkins Johnson made a motion that changed the course of...
Through Connections, Ebony Flake transformed a technical planning process into an accessible civic conversation about mobility, dignity, opportunity and belonging. Women of Momentum 2026 Honoree | By Christopher D. Thomas | Publisher, inCity Magazine Transportation plans are often communicated through maps, corridors, reports and projections. Ebony Flake began with people. She listened to residents whose...
How the founder of Soft Boss Society transformed lessons shaped by entrepreneurship, motherhood and a cancer journey into a structured platform for women pursuing success without abandoning themselves Women of Momentum 2026 Honoree | By Christopher D. Thomas | Publisher, inCity Magazine Some leadership stories begin with expansion. Demi Howell’s begins with a refusal. She...
By aligning healthcare employers, colleges, public agencies and $2.42 million in workforce investment, Gallardo helped build a more comprehensive approach to strengthening rural healthcare capacity across Texas. Women of Momentum 2026 Honoree | By Christopher D. Thomas | Publisher, inCity Magazine The larger strategy began with one hospital. During an early conversation with Ward Memorial...
Women of Momentum Honoree • Chief Judge Cassandra Kirk There are leaders whose work is visible in headlines, and there are leaders whose impact is felt in the daily rhythms of people’s lives. Chief Judge Cassandra Kirk belongs to the latter category – the kind of public servant whose leadership does not seek attention, yet...
Women of Momentum 2025 Honoree Saher does not lead with noise. She leads with truth. In a year obsessed with acceleration, Saher chose consistency. In a culture that rewards spectacle, she chose integrity. And in a creative economy that often confuses visibility with value, she built momentum the quieter, more enduring way, by staying present...
Women of Momentum 2025 Honoree Tiffany H. Gouch, PhD did not spend 2025 chasing visibility. She spent it arriving in herself. While much of the world measured leadership by acceleration, Tiffany chose something rarer and far more exacting, embodiment. Her leadership this year was quiet, deliberate, and unmistakably grounded. It was not marked by noise,...